Reproduction in northern populations of the ridgenose rattlesnake, Crotalus willardi (Serpentes: Viperidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2001, Pages 473-481

  Holycross, Andrew T ^a   Goldberg, Stephen R ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SNAKE;

CROTALUS WILLARDI;

EID: 0035340035     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0473:RINPOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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